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迟
遲
chí
1. late
2. delayed
3. slow
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

迟
chí
tardy, slow, late; to delay
HSK 3 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

迟顿
chídùn
inactive
凌迟
língchí
the lingering death
迟早
chízǎo
sooner or later
HSK 5
迟暮
chímù
past one's prime
迟滞
chízhì
delay
迟疑
chíyí
to hesitate
HSK 6
迟缓
chíhuǎn
slow
HSK 6
迟误
chíwù
to delay
迟迟
chíchí
late (with a task etc)
迟钝
chídùn
slow (witted)
HSK 6
尉迟
Yùchí
surname Yuchi
差迟
chāchí
variant of [[差池<chāchí>]]
延迟
yánchí
to delay
推迟
tuīchí
to postpone
HSK 4
至迟
zhìchí
at the latest
迟了
chíle
late
迟交
chíjiāo
to delay handing over (payment, homework etc)
迟到
chídào
to arrive late
HSK 3
迟延
chíyán
to delay
迟慢
chímàn
slow

Alternate Entries

迟
Chí
surname Chi

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
1,373
Word Frequency Rank
977 of 84,292

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